1953 Quote by Ivan Chtcheglov

We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun. Between the legs of the women walking by, the…

— Ivan Chtcheglov

“We are bored in the city.”

— Ivan Chtcheglov

We know that an object that is not consciously noticed at the time of a first visit can, by its absence during subsequent visits,…

— Ivan Chtcheglov

Cities have a psychogeographical relief, with constant currents, fixed points and vortexes which strongly discourage entry into or exit from certain zones

— Ivan Chtcheglov

All cities are geological and three steps cannot be taken without encountering ghosts.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

You'll never see the hacienda. It doesn't exist. The hacienda must be built.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

We are bored in the city, there is no longer any Temple of the Sun.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed…

— Ivan Chtcheglov

Architecture is the simplest means of articulating time and space, of modulating reality, of engendering dreams.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries…

— Ivan Chtcheglov

Everyone will live in his own cathedral.

— Ivan Chtcheglov

A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization the state of affairs, arising out of a struggle against poverty, has overshot its ultimate goal-the…

— Ivan Chtcheglov